Support Monarch, Shop AmazonSmile

Christmas is right around the corner and if you plan to shop Amazon.com on Black Friday, Cyber Monday or anytime of the year, you can support Monarch with the click of your mouse.

Through a program called AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate 0.5 percent of the price of your eligible purchases directly to Monarch.

Getting started is easy! Visit smile.amazon.com and select Monarch as your charity of choice when prompted. You can use your existing Amazon.com login information and all of your current shopping carts, wish lists, wedding and baby registries, Amazon Prime and other settings will stay the same. If you do not have an Amazon.com account, you can easily set one up.

Once you select Monarch as your charity of choice, you are ready to shop. There is nothing else you need to do. Simply visit smile.amazon.com when you shop and, once you log in, your qualifying purchases (which will be noted with an AmazonSmile logo) will automatically generate a donation.

Established in 1958, Monarch provides support statewide to thousands of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness and substance use disorders. The organization is nationally accredited by The Joint Commission and The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL). Monarch operates The Arc of Stanly County, which is a chapter of The Arc of North Carolina and The Arc of the United States.